First-Year Writing Requirement

One semester of college writing is required for graduation in the School of Engineering. Writing-intensive courses provide Engineers with the concrete skills they need to publish research, apply for grants, and share their work with broader audiences.

Foundation Requirement

Your department of concentration will require 8 credits (9 for Chemical Engineering, 5 for CS majors), which you can select from the following areas:

Computer Science

Mathematics

Natural Science

Engineering Science

Engineering Topics

General Education Topics

Check the notes section of your degree sheet for guidelines about allowable courses and attributes. Please note that mathematics courses must have the SoE-Mathematics attribute and natural science courses must have the SoE-Natural Sciences attribute to count towards your foundation requirement.

Concentration Requirement

Once you select a particular degree, that concentration will require 11 or 12 credits. The department offering the degree determines which areas these credits can come from.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement

Engineering students have a 6 course-credit requirement in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Courses must have the attribute value "SoE - HASS."

Free Elective Requirement

There are 1 or 2 free elective credits (depending on your major) to complete the 38 credits required for an engineering degree. You may choose the courses to fulfill your free elective credits without any restriction.

Looking for Graduation Requirements for a Liberal Arts BA/BS or Liberal Arts BFA?

​The Schools of Arts and Science and Engineering at Tufts will adopt a new credit-hour system in June 2018. The HASS Requirement for Graduation for Engineering students will be calculated differently once the new system is adopted. Find out more.

Need Help Completing Your Degree Audit Worksheet?

The Change to the Credit Hour System taking place in June 2018 means that the numeric formula used to calculate credits will be changing. To help students graduating after May 2018 understand and track their progress towards their degrees during this transition, we've created a new "Student Units/Attributes" tool in SIS. Find how to use this new tool!